Monday, October 19, 2009

I'm bundling PostgreSQL as part of a desktop application installation, only to find out what was the recommended silent installation procedure under PostgreSQL 8.3 -- using the MSI file -- has been removed from PostgreSQL 8.4. Evidently, you're supposed to use command line utilities to effect silent installation now -- and it's not entirely documented. After some trial and error, I determined that the following sequence will silently install PostgreSQL 8.4: